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Krist Novoselic, former Nirvana bassist, opens for the Foo Fighters with his band Giants in the Trees ,during the concert at Safeco Field on Saturday, September 1. 207647
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Krist Novoselić finds post-Nirvana nirvana on his quiet farm and with his band Giants in the Trees

Nirvana bassist Krist Novoselić is now living in rural Wahkiakum County, busy being a Grange master, election-reform activist and member of the band Giants in the Trees, which plays the Sunset Tavern and THING festival next week.

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Kids get an introduction to keyboards by Darrius Willrich, left, at JazzED. Gospel singer Cora Jackson teaches beginning vocals to students in JazzED, a 9-year old non-profit that provides Jazz education to kids from pre-school to high school at the former Martin Luther King Elementary School. Photographed Wednesday, May 8, 2019. 210184
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How the world of jazz is opening to thousands of Seattle kids who might have been left out  VIEW

080814 – Seattle – Washington – Sarah Caples and her golden doodle Roxy sit together in Cal Anderson Park to watch Dirty Dancing as presented by The Three Dollar Bill Outdoor Cinema on August 8, 2014 in Seattle, Washington. The showing was part of the series entitled “Teenage Dreams”, which will also include the movie Clueless and Teen Witch, which will be shown later in the month.
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Where to watch outdoor movies in Seattle and around Puget Sound this summer

Members of Opera on Tap take the smallest of stages at the Blue Moon Tavern to perform. As part of the Blue Moon Tavern’s 85th Anniversary celebration, Opera On Tap performed Tuesday, April 23, 2019. 209934
Beer & Opera

Opera in a dive bar proves to be a perfect pairing at Seattle’s Blue Moon tavern

New Seattle band Black Ends (from left: Ben Swanson, Nicolle Swims and Jonny Modes) impress on their debut “Sellout” EP.
Music

Introducing Puget Sounds: The best new music from around the Pacific Northwest

Books

“The Summer Wives” by Beatriz Williams

Time for a beach read: Moira’s Book Club’s fourth selection

Great reads

An interactive guide to best books from the past few years

Movies

‘Easy Rider’ star, 1960s swashbuckler Peter Fonda dies at 79

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Actor Peter Fonda, the son of a Hollywood legend who became a movie star in his own right after both writing and starring in the counter-culture classic "Easy Rider," died Friday at his home of complications from lung cancer. He was 79. "I am very sad," Jane Fonda said in a...  VIEW

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Krist Novoselic, former Nirvana bassist, opens for the Foo Fighters with his band Giants in the Trees ,during the concert at Safeco Field on Saturday, September 1. 207647

Krist Novoselić finds post-Nirvana nirvana on his quiet farm and with his band Giants in the Trees

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Placido Domingo, General Director of the Washington National Opera, laughs during his introduction before announcing plans to present La Boheme through a live simulcast free to colleges and high schools on Sept. 23, as well as on the National Mall and select movie theaters, during a news conference in Washington on Wednesday, May 23, 2007. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin) DCJM103

‘CBS Evening News’ anchor Norah O’Donnell caught on hot mic during Plácido Domingo segment saying ‘Sounds like somebody else here’

Theater

For its production of “Small Craft Warnings,” The Williams Project converted one room of Washington Hall into a bar, where there audience sits inside the performance.

Sit in a bar, among characters in a play, with Tennessee Williams' 'Small Craft Warnings'

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Classical Music

LA Opera to investigate Placido Domingo over accusations

Visual Arts

Celeste Cooning, Amazon’s first Artist in Residence, specializes in cut paper installation pieces.

What’s it like to be an Amazon artist in residence?

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THEN: The Kingdome crown tops a crowd of more than 71,000, including Dow Constantine (near left, with close-cropped hair, mustache, striped shirt, looking to his left) during the Oct. 14, 1981, Rolling Stones show at the Kingdome. (Mike Siegel / The Seattle Times)

The Stones roll from the covered Kingdome to the open air of CenturyLink Field

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Behind the Byline: Meet arts critic Moira Macdonald